Sherlock star Benedict Cumberbatch made his debut at Comic-Con, while Colin Firth attended the panel of Kingsman: The Secret Service. And Daniel Radcliffe chose to spin a web of deceit as he went incognito in a Spider-Man outfit as his disguise.

Hundreds of people also queued up to buy exclusive Comic-Con Doctor Who and Sherlock merchandise at the BBC America stand in advance of Peter Capaldi's forthcoming appearance as the Time Lord in the eighth series of the BBC show.